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HARRY INGRAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIGNOR OF ON E-I-IALF TO CHARLES P. FAY AND TI-IADDEUS FIRTH, JR., OFSAME PLACE.

HAT-- FAST EN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,7 99, dated July19, 1898.

Application filed February 4, 1897. Serial No. 621,954. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY INGRAM, a resident of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hat-fasteners, and has for its object to producea device for fastoning a bonnet upon the head of a wearer,

[O the said device to be permanently attached to the hat and to be usedin lieu of the ordinary hat-pins now in use.

To this end my invention consists in the construction hereinafter setforth and claimed.

My invention will be understood by referring -to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side View of a hat-fastener embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of a section of the same, showingthe hair-pin drawn out. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device shown inFig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail diagrammatic view of a parthereinafter referred to. Fig. 5 is a section through 2 5 the center lineof the same on line 5 5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is an underneath view ofthe bend Z2 hereinafter referred to.

The hat-fastener shown in the drawings comprises fiat strips or sectionsA and B.

Each of these sections terminates in a fastoner-plate a I), providedwith means, such as the holes 1 1, for permanently securing the same toa hat or bonnet D. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.) Each section A Bterminates in a loop a b, secured thereto, the loop a,

being carried by the member A and surrounding the member B and slidingon the same and the loop I) being carried by the member 13 andsurrounding the member A and sliding on the same, so that by means ofthe loops or slides the members A and B may be slid back and forth oneach other and the structure collapsed. As the members A and B aresimilar, I will proceed, with the assistance of Fig. 2, to describe themember B only, it being understood that A is the counterpart of B.

. Referring to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the member B is bent atb and at b the intervening part 12 being depressed. The bend b ispierced with two holes b I) (see Fig. 6)

and the bend b is pierced with holes 29 11 (See Fig. 8.) Secured to thebody B and covering the bend b is a cap 19 which may be firmly held tothe said body portion by prongs 5 5 or points 19 struck up from thebodyportion and lapping over the edges of the cap I). The cap 11 is bent andapertured at b 19 as clearly appears in Figs. 3 and 4, which aper- Itures Z2 Z1 register with the apertures 19 b in such a manner as toproduce a divergence of the prongs of the hair-pin C, which passtherethrough. This hair-pin O is of peculiar construction, having anupward bend at c to wit, its endrunning straight for a portion of thelength of its prongs 0, having its prongs crossed over at 0 so that thebends or crossovers 0 will constitute limiting-stops,

so that as the hair-pin is pulled out, as shown in Fig. 2, the bends orcrossovers 0 will come against the sides of the apertures 12 N, whichconstitute abutments, and prevent the hair-pin from being pulled out ofthe body B, and when the hair-pin is sheathed in, as shown in Fig. 1,the said crossovers will contact with the sides of the apertures b 12 inthe cap 12 and limit the inward movement of the hair-pin.

' The mode of using the device is as follows: The structure ispermanently secured to the hat or bonnet by means of the fastener-platesa b of the bodies A and B and the structure bowed, as shown in Fig. 1,the sections A and B sliding upon each other, as before explained, so asto collapse the structure and accommodate it to the size of the hat orbonnet. When the bonnet is placed on the head, the hair-pins are pulledinto the position shown in Fig. 2, when their points will be sheathed inthe space between the bend b andthe cap I)". In order to secure thebonnet to the head, the hair-pins are pushed upward into the positionshown in Fig. 1, the hair-pins thereby engaging in the hair of thewearer, preferably overlapping, as shown in Fig. 3. The hat will then 5be firmly secured to the head. When it is desired to remove the hat, thehair-pins are withdrawn to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the hat maynow be removed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let- 10o ters Patent, is-

1. In a hat-fastener the combination of a passing through the bends b band slidable' in the said sections.

3. In a hat-fastener, the combination of a plurality of sectionsslidably secured together at one end and provided With the bends b b andthe depressed portion 12 and the hair-pin passing through the bends b band slidable in the said sections, the said hair-pins being bent to formcrossovers c which serve as stops for limiting the movement of thehair-pin in the section.

4. In a hat-fastener, the combination of a plurality of strips slidablysecured together, each of the said strips being provided with adepressed portion 0 the bends b and the caps b the space between thebends b and the caps 12 serving to sheathe the points of the hair-pins,substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

HARRY INGRAM.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. E. MoRsE, HARRY M. TURK.

